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      <b><font color="#669900" size="5" face="Arial">Customizing FreeMind </font></b>

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      <font face="Arial">Ideally, you don't need any customizing at all. But 
      if you really want to customize FreeMind, copy the file 
      &quot;user.properties&quot; to the folder &quot;freemind&quot; in your home directory and 
      edit the properties in the text file using your favorite text editor, 
      e.g. notepad, Vim or Emacs. </font>
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      <font face="Arial">You certainly know your home directory if you're 
      working on Linux. On Windows 2000, it's typically &quot;C:\Documents and 
      Settings\&lt;UserName&gt;\&quot;, on Windows 95, it's &quot;C:\WINDOWS\&quot;. Edit 
      &quot;user.properties&quot; in the folder &quot;freemind&quot; of your home directory. </font>

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      <font face="Arial">On Windows, you can additionally configure files with 
      the extension .mm to open with FreeMind.</font>
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      <font face="Arial">For details on editing options, see <a href="customuser.htm">
The user.properties file</a>. For details on editing patterns, see <a href="patterns.htm">
Physical style - patterns</a></font>
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